Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1985)
ers k 1 1—\ PIRG seeks changes Longhorns shock Ags Organization advocating social reform Last second jump shot drops for Texas Page 7 Page 15 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Ml ■■■MHMHHnMHMMMnMHMHHMMMHMBMnM The Battalion Vol. 80 No. 101 (JSPS 045360 16 pages m |. I|| , 11. I III / | 11 1 1 Photo by PETER ROCHA Stay In The Lines Texas A&M Physical Plant workers take advantage of r ednesday’s warm weather and wash the windows on the g g|j north side of Sterling C. Evans Library. -.Bryan policeman busy on night shift y By TRENT LEOPOLD Staff Writer ■l he Bryan policemen stayed busy Tuesday night patrolling the town, picking up a safe, checking night clubs and arresting a man for public intoxication while most people re laxed from a long day. ^B\fter spending a few minutes get ting acquainted with the basic patrol operations at the department, Sgt. Mark Ricketson invited me to go with him on his night patrol. KV/e started our journey by taking a lide through one of Bryan’s high crime rate areas. As we drove by a small elementary school, Ricketson, a 12-year veteran of the Bryan police fofce, noticed a group of children in the front of the building. He turned the police Chevrolet Malibu around and flashed his spotlight on the chil dren. rt.u “Apparently they are just playing, but a good police officer has to keep his eyes open for things going on around him,” Ricketson said. “There may have been a fight going on there, so it’s a good idea to check and see what’s happening.” Ricketson then noticed some men working on a truck parked on the side of the road. “I would get out and help those guys,” Ricketson said. “But it looks like they have the situation under control. I’m always wanting to pro mote a good relationship with the people in the city.” At about 8:30 p.m., Ricketson was instructed by police radio to go help two officers with a safe they had found lying on the side of the high way. Ricketson said he couldn’t think See Police, page 12 College Station, Texas Thursday, February 21, 1985 Regents’nominations reviewed Committee approves Mays, postpones other selections From staff and wire reports AUSTIN — The Senate Nomi nations Committee appprpved one new Texas A&M University regent Wednesday but postponed action on two more while Sen. Kent Caperton worked to give senators more say in gubernatorial appointments. L. Lowry Mays, a San Antonio broadcast executive, got a 6-0 clear ance but the hearing for appointee John Mobley of Austin was delayed until next Wednesday, at the College Station senator’s request. Caperton told reporters he hoped to eitner get a Senate resolution call ing on the governor to consult with senators involved by the appoint ment or to get 1 1 votes that would block Mobley’s final approval next Thursday before the full Seriate. Caperton said blocking Mobley’s appointment would be the “least de sirable” of his options. “I think that’s the principle now and that is that we’ve got to clearly Thatcher warns U.S. to be wary of Soviet aims Associated Press WASHINGTON — Amid ex traordinary security precautions, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher cautioned Congress on Wednesday that the Soviet Union will attempt to divide the West dur ing nuclear arms control talks and warned “we should not expect too much too soon” from the negotia tions. Echoing a theme sounded by President Reagan, Thatcher said, “Let us be under no illusions: It is our strength and not their goodwill that has brought the Soviet Union to the negotiating table in Geneva.” Thatcher was the first British prime minister to address a joint meeting of the House and Senate since Winston Churchill did so on Jan. 17, 1952. After her speech, which was interrupted 24 times by applause, she went to the White House to confer with Reagan on arms control, America’s huge bud get deficit and the soaring U.S. dol lar. A senior American official said Reagan and Thatcher agreed that in the three-part arms talks beginning next month, the Soviets would try “to hold progress on the interme diate-range and strategic arms nego tiations hostage to concessions by the United States on the Strategic De fensive Initiative” — the so-called “Star Wars” defense system. Referring to their discussions on arms control, Reagan said, “We fully agree that the unity, patience and determination of the North Atlantic Alliance are essential if arms control negotiations are to succeed.” On the deficit, Thatcher said they had reviewed the importance of cut ting federal spending. Escorting Thatcher to her limou sine after lunch, Reagan called the prime minister “a dear friend and the respected leader of one of Amer ica’s closest allies.” The ornate House chamber was packed by members of the Senate and House, assembled in a joint meeting, and members of the Cab inet and diplomatic corps. See Thatcher, page 11 establish that Gov. White will consult with the Senate,” Caperton told re porters. Action on Mobley’s appointment to the A&M board was postponed for a week Wednesday because com mittee chairman Sen. Ed Howard, D-Texarkana, said Caperton “wanted additional time to study the nomination of Mobley.” Caperton complained previously that White did not ask his advice, as the senator of the A&M district, be fore making the A&M appoint ments. Caperton said he thought the name of Mobley should be returned to White. Howard said White’s reappoint ment of Royce E. Wisenbaker of Tyler to the A&M board also was postponed until next week because By JERRY OSLIN Staff Writer The Student Senate passed a bill Wednesday night calling for $1,700 to be taken from the Student Service Fee Reserve Account and given to the Sterling C. Evans library to fund the extension of library hours. The new extended hours will be gin Sunday, Feb. 25, said Tom Ur ban, Vice President of Academic Af fairs. Urban said the library will now be open from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. on Sun day, 7 a.m. to 3 a.m. Monday thru Thursday, 7 a.m. to midnight Friday and 9 a.m. to midnight Saturday. The library was open during these hours at the beginning of the semes ter, but the hours were cut because Wisenbaker was unable to appear Wednesday because of bad weather. The Senate committee recom mended confirmation of Maj. Gen. James T. Dennis as State Adjutant General; Jack Martin, Austin, and Philip G. Warner, Houston, to the Texas State University System Board; and James P. Allison, Austin, and Dr. Elbert Whorton Jr., Galves ton, to the Texas Low-Level Radio active Waste Disposal Authority. Howard said the nominations will go before the full Senate Thursday for consideration. A two-thirds vote is needed for final approval. Mays, 49, president of Clear Channel Communications Inc., which is building a new TV station in College Station, said he favored a “significant” college tuition increase of proposed University budget cuts, said Mike Kelley, Vice President of Finance. Urban said the extended hours were needed because students need a place to study late at night. But Sen. Brian Hay said he op posed it because of philosophical reasons. “It sets a dangerous precedent in that we are using student funds to subsidize a University service,” he said. In other business, the Senate passed a resolution opposing Uni versity plans to assign 2,500 square feet of the library’s 6th floor to the Development Foundation. The resolution says some student seating on the 6th floor would be such as the $4 to $8 per semester hour proposal made by Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby. “As long as I’m convinced there will be programs to benefit the fi nancially disadvantaged, I’ll support the increases,” Mays said. “I don’t want the momentum of universities to stop. Higher education needs the money.” Mays also said he hoped the Legis lature would be very careful in mak ing cutbacks in higher education funds. “I think we should be concerned whether these cutbacks would be detrimental because both our major university systems, A&M and the University of Texas, have the great est momentum they have ever had and to interrupt that momentum would be very dangerous, a very bad return on the investment of the peo ple of Texas,” Mays said. See Regents, page 11 eliminated by the plan. It says the University already provides seating for less than 15 percent of the stu dent body while national standards recommend seating for 30 percent of the student population. The Senate also passed a bill call ing for vice presidents in the Senate to be elected by the Senate. Currently, the student body elects the vice presidents. Because the bill would change the Student Government Constitution, it must be approved by the student body before it can go into effect. The Senate also introduced a bill that would allow students to voice their views during Senate meetings. Chem Busters Photo by PETER ROCHA Michael Goad is interviewed on the steps of Heldenfels Hall by Channel 3, KBTX. Goad, with some of the more than 400 chemistry students he tutors, posed for pictures Wednesday afternoon. Goad is questioning the Chemistry department’s policy of as signing students to teaching assistants. The graduate student in education and about 100 of his students wear “Chem Buster” T- shirts. Student Senate passes bill funding longer library hours discrimination among faculty studied Sexual P ^mEditor’s Note: This is the second article in a two-part series on possible discrimi nation against women at Texas A&M. By SARAH OATES Staff Writer hether female students are dis criminated against at Texas A&M is uncertain, but at the faculty level this issue is being studied. Researchers say current studies point to the need for more in-depth investigations, nil .M'f he Committee on the Status of Women, an A&M Faculty Senate ctoii subcommittee, is developing a ques tionnaire to “find out the different f ierceptions from the faculty about acuity women,” said Dr. Ethel Tsut- sui, committee chairman and an as sociate professor of biochemistry. . She said the questionnaire proba bly will be sent out in March. The committee’s primary con cerns are salary, promotion, tenure and equitable treatment of women faculty, Tsutsui said. It also is work ing to eliminate sexist language in University publications. “When the Faculty Senate started, various women came to it with prob lems, so that led to this committee,” she said. Tsutsui said she is concerned women faculty at A&M are victims of subtle discrimination. They tend to be overlooked for promotions and research grants, she said. “Men get promoted in about five or six years,” she said, “For most women, it doesn’t happen that quickly. The excuse is that women are not turning out as many research papers, and promotions are based on research. Well, many women here can’t do as much research be cause they’re teaching such large numbers of undergrads. “The issue largely is money. The attitude is that you don’t want to pay a woman more because she either has a husband to take care of her or because she doesn’t have to support a family.” Dr. Clinton Phillips, dean of fac ulties, said the University is com mitted to eliminating any sexual dis crimination at the faculty level. Promotions are made on an individ ual basis, he said, and his depart ment has investigated complaints of women faculty about unfairly heavy teaching loads. “The administration is very sensi tive to this,” he said. “They’re sensi tive to treating women fairly. I think there may be some latent male chau vinism in some departments, but we’ve made great strides in recent years.” Phillips said the University has re viewed a sexual discrimination case brought by a male faculty member. Virginia McDermott, an agricultural communications specialist and mem ber of the Committee on the Status of Women, has written a report on the situation of faculty women at A&M. The purpose of the study was to see if a small sample of female fac ulty had experienced sexual discrim ination. Of the 12 women interviewed for the study, six said they had been sub tly discriminated against, for exam ple, through heavy teaching loads. These women, whose teaching expe rience at ranged from six to 24 years See Faculty, page 10